Hi!
I have a 96 Ranger . Neither my cigarette lighter or the auxiliary right beneath it works . The fuse checks good at the panel and I also used one of the penlight 12 volt testers and it shows no voltage on the lighter housing. Could there be another fuse under the hood that shares that circuit or do I have an open somewhere and need to tear down the dashboard? I haven't been inside that dashboard since I replace my cluster and the lighter worked after doing so. But I wish to avoid going back in there.

 

Cig lighter is wired to interior fuse 17, it's 15 amps

The power point is wired to under hood fuse 21, it's 30 amps.

The cig lighter & power point are spliced to the same ground. Look for a broken or loose solid black ground wire

 

Thanks! It didn't occur to me that I may be missing a ground or corrosion at my cig housing. That would make sense. I'll check on that and let you know what I find.

 

Yeah, with both circuits dead it's most likely a ground problem. Good luck with it.